The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association is holding its annual awards on November 27th in Galway, a city on Ireland’s west coast where the River Corrib meets the
Atlantic Ocean.
For tickets to the ceremonies, visit here. As part of these awards, Robert Bohane will be inducted as an Honour Contributor in the Ireland Marathon
Robert Bohane broke the Valencia Island circumnavigation swim record of Ned Denison on July 8th 2013 with a new record of 7 hours 58 minutes.
Robert Bohane of the Cork Masters Swimming Club completed an unprecedented 6 hour 29 minute swim from Skellig Michael Island, a UNESCO world heritage site in Ireland to Portmagee, a village in County Kerry on July 30th 2007.
Ned Denison Does His 25th Century Swim Around Sandycove Island In Ireland Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. Ned Denison completed 2,500 bioprene laps around Sandycove Island in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. The chairperson of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame described his 25th Century Swim circumnavigation swim
Eoin O'Riordan Completes His Millennium Swim Around Sandycove Island Courtesy of Ned Denison, Sandycove Island, Cork, Ireland. The Century Swim is the 100th open water swim of the same venue, event or crossing or a non-stop swim of 100 miles or kilometers in length. Those swimmers are referred to as Centurions. But a Millennium Swim goes well beyond the
Courtesy of Ned Denison, Kinsale Distance Swimmers, Ireland. Serving as the cultural guardian of marathon swimming in the area, social gatherings among the Kinsale Distance Swimmers are held occasionally. "These range from hosting individual visitors like Kevin Murphy, the King of the English Channel with 34 crossings, to a hosted dinner for fifty to
